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Detection and prevention of hepatitis C in dialysis patients and renal transplant recipients. A long-term follow up (1989-january 1997)

Almroth, G ; Ekermo, B ; Månsson, Ann-Sofie LU ; Svensson, G and Widell, Anders LU (2002) In Journal of Internal Medicine 251(2). p.119-128
Abstract
Background. Hepatitis C is frequent problem in dialysis wards. Design. A long time (1989-97) follow up of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a Swedish nephrology unit was performed with anti-HCV screening, confirmatory antibody tests, viral RNA detection and molecular characterization. Case histories were reviewed with focus, onset of infection, liver morbidity and mortality. Results. In October 1991, 10% (19 of 184) of the patients in the unit (haemodialysis-, peritoneal dialysis and transplanted patients) were verified or suspected HCV carriers. whilst the number at the end of 1996 was 8% (13 of 157). Most patients were infected before 1991 but only in one case from a known HCV-infected blood donor. No new HCV infections associated... (More)
Background. Hepatitis C is frequent problem in dialysis wards. Design. A long time (1989-97) follow up of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a Swedish nephrology unit was performed with anti-HCV screening, confirmatory antibody tests, viral RNA detection and molecular characterization. Case histories were reviewed with focus, onset of infection, liver morbidity and mortality. Results. In October 1991, 10% (19 of 184) of the patients in the unit (haemodialysis-, peritoneal dialysis and transplanted patients) were verified or suspected HCV carriers. whilst the number at the end of 1996 was 8% (13 of 157). Most patients were infected before 1991 but only in one case from a known HCV-infected blood donor. No new HCV infections associated with haemodialvsis occurred during the study period. A total of 13 of 24 viremic patients had HCV genotype 2b, a pattern suggesting nosocomial transmission. This was further supported by phylogenetic analysis of HCV viral isolates in seven. HCV viremia was also common in patients with an incomplete anti-HCV antibody pattern as 8 of the 12 indeterminant sera were HCV-RNA positive. Conclusions. Awareness, prevention, identification of infected patients and donor testing limited transmission. Indeterminant recombinant immunoblot assays (RIBA)-results should be regarded with caution as a result of the relative immunodeficiency in uremic patients. Our data indicate nosocomial transmission in several patients. (Less)
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dialysis, hepatitis C virus, polymerase chain reaction, transmission, recombinant, immunoblot assay
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Journal of Internal Medicine
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251
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119 - 128
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Wiley-Blackwell
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1365-2796
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10.1046/j.1365-2796.2002.00938.x
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English
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  author       = {{Almroth, G and Ekermo, B and Månsson, Ann-Sofie and Svensson, G and Widell, Anders}},
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  series       = {{Journal of Internal Medicine}},
  title        = {{Detection and prevention of hepatitis C in dialysis patients and renal transplant recipients. A long-term follow up (1989-january 1997)}},
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